Onley v Commissioner of the Australian Federal Police; Menon v Commissioner of the Australian Federal Police; Anquetil v Commissioner of the Australian Federal Police [2019] NSWCA 101

Court of Appeal Supreme Court New South Wales Medium Neutral Citation: Onley v Commissioner of the Australian Federal Police; Menon v Commissioner of the Australian Federal Police; Anquetil v Commissioner of the Australian Federal Police [2019] NSWCA 101 Hearing dates: 29 – 31 October 2018 Date of orders: 10 May 2019 Decision date: 10 May 2019 Before: Bathurst CJ at [1]; Basten JA at [259]; Meagher JA at [418] Decision: (1) Grant leave to appeal to each applicant.

(2) Dismiss the appeals with costs. Catchwords: CRIME – Proceeds of Crime Act 2002 (Cth), ss 180, 266A and 319 – where appellants suspected of involvement in conspiracy to defraud the Australian Taxation Office – stay of examination orders made pursuant to s 180 – application of s 319 – prejudice due to extant criminal proceedings – risk of disclosure of information that would prejudice the appellants in criminal proceedings – effect of protocol put in place by the Australian Federal Police to protect against disclosure – prejudice to appellants to be balanced against potential prejudice to Commissioner

CONSTITUTIONAL LAW – application of state laws to Commonwealth statutory scheme – whether state law was a law governing the exercise of federal jurisdiction – application to set aside orders made ex parte under the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002 (Cth) – whether orders may be set aside under Uniform Civil Procedure Rules 2005 (NSW), r 36.16

CRIME – Proceeds of Crime Act 2002 (Cth), s 39 –orders made for appellants to provide sworn statements in relation to interests in property – whether orders could extend to include interests of companies of which the appellants were directors – whether orders should be set aside Legislation Cited: Australian Federal Police Act 1979 (Cth), Pt V Australian Crime Commission Act 2012 (Cth), s 25A Civil Procedure Act 2005 (NSW), s 67 Constitution, ss 75, 109 Corporations Act 2001 (Cth), s 588FF Crimes Legislation Amendment (Proceeds of Crime and Other Measures) Act 2016 (Cth) Criminal Assets Recovery Act 1990 (NSW) Criminal Code Act 1995 (Cth), ss 11.5, 135.4, 400.3 Judiciary Act 1903 (Cth), ss 78B, 79, 80 Proceeds of Crime Act 2002 (Cth), ss 5, 7, 14A, 15, 17, 18, 19, 25, 26, 29A, 32, 38, 39, 39B, 41, 42, 45, 47, 48, 49, 51, 116, 142, 180, 182, 183, 185, 186, 188, 189, 191, 192, 193, 194, 195, 196, 197, 198, 206, 266A, 314, 315, 317, 319, 319A, 338 Supreme Court Act 1970 (NSW), s 23 Unexplained Wealth Legislation Amendment Act 2018 (Cth). Sch 1, s 2 Uniform Civil Procedure Rules 2005 (NSW), rr 36.16, 36.17 Cases Cited: Alcan (NT) Alumina Pty Ltd v Commissioner of Territory Revenue (NT) (2009) 239 CLR 27; [2009] HCA 41 Ansett Transport Industries (Operations) Pty Ltd v Wardley (1980) 142 CLR 237; [1980] HCA 8 Australian Crime Commission Act 2012 (Cth) Banerjee v Commissioner of Police [2018] NSWCA 283 Bitannia Pty Ltd v Parkline Constructions Pty Ltd (2006) 67 NSWLR 9; [2006] NSWCA 238 BP Australia Ltd v Brown (2003) 58 NSWLR 322; [2003] NSWCA 216 Brewster v BMW Australia Ltd [2019] NSWCA 35 Butler v Attorney-General (Vic) (1961) 106 CLR 268; [1961] HCA 32 Cameron v Cole (1944) 68 CLR 571; [1944] HCA 5 Certain Lloyd's Underwriters Pty Ltd v Cross (2012) 248 CLR 378; [2012] HCA 56 Commissioner of the Australian Federal Police v Cacu (2017) 264 A Crim R 427; [2017] NSWCA 5; Commissioner of the Australian Federal Police v Elzein (2017) 94 NSWLR 700; [2017] NSWCA 142 Commissioner of the Australian Federal Police v McGlone [2016] NSWCA 103 Commissioner of the Australian Federal Police v W [2016] NSWSC 683 Commissioner of the Australian Federal Police v Zhao (2015) 255 CLR 46; [2015] HCA 5 Commonwealth v Mewett (1997) 191 CLR 471; [1997] HCA 29 David Grant & Co Pty Ltd v Westpac Banking Corporation (1995) 184 CLR 265; [1995] HCA 43 Director of Public Prosecutions (Cth) v Galloway [2017] VSCA 120 Gordon v Tolcher (2006) 231 CLR 334; [2006] HCA 62 Grant Samuel Corporate Finance Pty Ltd v Fletcher (2015) 254 CLR 477; [2015] HCA 8 In the matter of Plutus Payroll Australia Pty Ltd [2017] NSWSC 1854 International Finance Trust Company Ltd v New South Wales Crime Commission (2009) 240 CLR 319; [2009] HCA 49 Jago v The District Court of New South Wales (1989) 168 CLR 23; [1989] HCA 46 Jemena Asset Management (3) Pty Ltd v Coinvest Ltd (2011) 244 CLR 508; [2011] HCA 33 John Alexander's Clubs Pty Ltd v White City Tennis Club Ltd (2010) 241 CLR 1; [2010] HCA 19 L Joseph Pty Ltd v Gray (1939) 56 WN (NSW) 190 Lee v New South Wales Crime Commission (2013) 251 CLR 196; [2013] HCA 39 Lee v The Queen (2014) 253 CLR 455; [2014] HCA 20 Minister for Local Government v Blue Mountains City Council [2018] NSWCA 133 Northern Territory of Australia v GPAO (1999) 196 CLR 553; [1999] HCA 8 NSW Crime Commission v Lee (2012) 84 NSWLR 1; [2012] NSWCA 276 Owners of SS Kalibia v Wilson (1910) 11 CLR 689; [1910] HCA 77 R v Independent Broad-based Anti-corruption Commissioner (2016) 256 CLR 459; [2016] HCA 8 R v Schmidt [2018] QCA 59 R v Seller; R v McCarthy (2013) 273 FLR 155; [2013] NSWCCA 42 R v Seller; R v McCarthy (2015) 89 NSWLR 155; [2015] NSWCCA 76 Ransley v Commissioner of Taxation [2016] FCA 778 Resort Hotels Management Pty Ltd v Resort Hotels of Australia Pty Ltd (1991) 22 NSWLR 730 Rizeq v Western Australia (2017) 262 CLR 1; [2017] HCA 23 Ross v Internet Wines Pty Ltd (2004) 60 NSWLR 436; [2004] NSWCA 195 Ruzehaji v Commissioner of the Australian Federal Police (2015) 124 SASR 355; [2015] SASCFC 182 Seller v Commissioner of Taxation (2013) 308 ALR 376; [2017] FCA 1373 Strickland (a pseudonym) v Director of Public Prosecutions (Cth) (2018) 93 ALJR 1; [2018] HCA 53 Tan v Director of Public Prosecutions (Cth) [2004] NSWSC 952 The Commissioner of the Australian Federal Police v Cranston and 65 Ors (No 8) [2018] NSWSC 365 The Commissioner of the Australian Federal Police v Cranston and 65 Ors (No 10) [2018] NSWSC 542 Thomas A Edison Ltd v Bullock (1912) 15 CLR 679; [1912] HCA 72 University of Wollongong v Metwally (1984) 158 CLR 447; [1984] HCA 74 X7 v Australian Crime Commission (2013) 248 CLR 92; [2013] HCA 29 X7 v The Queen (2014) 246 A Crim R 402; [2014] NSWCCA 273 Zhao v The Commissioner of the Australian Federal Police (2014) 43 VR 187; [2014] VSCA 137 Texts Cited: G Lindell, Cowen and Zines's Federal Jurisdiction in Australia (4th ed, 2016, The Federation Press) M Leeming, Resolving Conflicts of Laws (2011, The Federation Press) Category: Principal judgment Parties: Jason Cornell Onley (first applicant) Dev Menon (second applicant) Simon Paul Anquetil (third applicant) The Commissioner of the Australian Federal Police (respondent) Representation: Counsel: R Johnson (first applicant) P Bruckner with E Bishop (second applicant) P Lange with A Ahmad (third applicant) D McLure SC with G O'Mahoney and K Anderson (respondent)